How long can Magnepan speaker last?


I am asking in term of build quality when proper used (no overdriving or abusing them). How long could it last? I heard some stories about the glue is weakening over the years and as the warrantee seems relatively short (3 vs 5-10 years) so it a bit concern me.

I am about to get a used pair of 1.6 and wonder how long it will last with me without having to fix them.

For any Maggies owners, I would really appreciate if you could share experience of failed Maggies, how old were they when they failed and what seemed to be the problems?

Is 10 years too long to live for the Maggies? If so what would be the typical life of them, 5 years?

Sorry if I ask so many questions regarding this. It will be a big step up for me and I probably can't afford any upgrade for a while so I would like to make sure that I am going on the right track. The price of them may be a joke for many of us here, but it 's significant to me.

Thanks a lot,

Ake
ake

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The reason I keep asking these line of quesions is that (as I stated before) I will move to Thailand by the end of the year and will live there pretty much for the rest of my life where the service may be problematic. My situation is much differnt from people who live in the US where service is pretty easy and practical. If I would leave here, I would just shut up and go buy equipment instead of keep asking. I just don't want a few thousands worth equipment become an expensive brick when something goes wrong.

I love Maggies. I just auditioned them yesterday and I was sold. Personally I even like them more than Audio Physic Virgo especially when the price mattersbut that's another story. So for me I wanna get Maggies (at least for now.

I have to say that I have no experience with this type of speaker before and I am a bit concern, but not chiken out.

That's why I ask many question about Maggies to get as much as infomation I could before geting them. There website provide nothing I want to know. So AG seems to be the best resources for me.

I have spent almost the entire last week reading pretty much every thred on AG (may miss a few, of course)but still didn't quite get the answer or feel confident about it.I also check manufacture web site if they have a sevice in Thailand or not, just to make sure that I can get a service if I need one. Just just for a piece of mind.

Sorry if I have bugged many of us here, still, I haven't get quite straight answers that I really want yet.

Hopefully this would be my last question about the reliability of the equipment. I am pretty much fed up with it too, believe me.

Ake